The Butler weekly times., 1887-10-26
A TERRITORIAL liar.
An Everyday Account Of the MArvelouS
Fertility Of Dakota Soil.

and got into conversation with set
tier who was sitting in front Of his
house
You have a fine farm here" he said
to the settler.
BEST in the country. stranger"
'.Do you raise big crops?''
''Crops' Big crops?''
"Yes, SIR"
well. calculate dor
''The soil is very rich here. sup
pose?"
THAT don't express it, rich don't do
it Justice! This sile is perfect. abso-
lutely perfect, best in the world! 1t is
deep as a well, mellow as an ash heap.
rich as gold-yes. sir, no other sile in
the world will compare a tall with it!'
I'm glad to hear it"
Say. stranger" cont nued the set
tier. Strengthening up. dye hear that
kinder holler. poundin' sound?'
The man admitted that he did mt
know, but he could hear something.
| Yes" continued the settler. ''kind-
er boomin' sound like itten' en- empty
bari with an old rubber boot"
| Yes. what is it?'
Stranger. that's my punkins bein'
yankcd along cross the ground so fas t
they bound up n the air every once n
awhile"
Your pumpkins? What is drawing
them at that rate?'
'The vines. stranger. the vines
they're growing so fast We see. We
have to take a fast hoss an la>so 'em
when we gather 'em. They'll be bout
wore out. l have to admit this is Il
poor place for punkins an squashes.
See that little knoll over there. b ut
a hundred var 5 'cross it an twenty
feet hieh?"
THAT one down there with bushy
tree growing on top of it?'
"Y-a-e-s-but it haint no tree-itS a
beet top
"Why did you plant it on top Of
the knoll?'
Didn't stranger. ground was per-
fectly level when l planted it there.
Beet so big it has kinder re'red the
ground up all round it and made a
knoll. Planted one next to my house
the first year an it hoisted it up and
pretty near tipped it over"
"Isn't the season little dry fol
themp"
They 60 down to water. stranger
that well there is the hole that bee
come out Of l had crabapple tret
near the house the same year. an tn,
apples grew so big they busted anf
broke all my winders. Want to heal
how we husk corn?"
"Tll try and stand it."
I'VE chop off an ear an let it fall OF
the ground and then husk it with
team-hitch onto the end of .husl
and drive 'longside of the ear an pee
it off and then 60 back after another.
'Slow job"
"Yes. but there's twenty bushels Q
corn when we get through. Twas ou
lookin' at my wheat yesterday and
head of it struck me on the shoulde
an pretty near broke my collar bone.
Yes"
Il have to have gas pipe for m
beans to climb-they are so strong an
squeeze so tight that they cut wood
en- pole in two in dozen places"
| Yes"
There was big rock down on tn
back end of my place bout ten fee
each way an it stuck down int
the ground bout four feet
laid reddish seed on the middle q
it an the seed sorter smelt the n
markable rich sile down under tn
rock, as might say. an it begun
, grow an down she went, sharp en-
first Of course. and it split the rock i
twenty pieces an I drawed it off,
Yes"
, Il might tell We of lots of otht
things equally as s'prisin' if I had
mind to-"
Il don't doubt it. But see her
! are you telling me all these intern;
lies because you want to sell yo,
farm?''
n 'Oh, no, sir; I've just told you Il
: usual thing. don't want to sell
il just do it for the good o the countr
;, ;, There's some as want t sell. We Sc
l. an we all sorter pull together
# ways do in a new country, ye kno'
e The story don't hurt me none an 10
h o you darned fools from the East b
i; lieves it l reckon though that "
u have travelled. Good day: stop if "
IS should be goin' past again. ."-Dako
I Bell.
D.